Savannah store robbed at gunpoint
(CNS): Two men, one armed with a silver handgun, held up a small variety and money transfer store in Savannah on Friday evening and escaped with an undisclosed amount of both US and CI cash. The robbery happened at about 8pm at the D&D Accessories & Things (Money Transfer) store on Homestead Crescent, behind the Rubis gas station. Two men entered the store on the pretext of doing business while other customers were queuing or being served. The suspects remained in the shop for a short while and left but they returned after all the customers left.
According to the police report, at that point one of the suspects pulled out a silver handgun and pointed it at the shop clerk, threatened her and demanded cash. The suspects got away with the money, heading towards Astral Way. No shots were fired and no one was physically injured during the evening stick-up.
The man with the gun was described by witnesses as dark skinned, wearing a black baseball cap, a black short sleeved t-shirt, black pants and was about 5’ 7” tall. The second suspect was dark skinned, wearing a red hoody jacket with the hood over his head. He was shorter than the first robber and both men were described as young, possibly in their twenties.
Police attended the scene and have now begun an investigation but no arrests have yet been made, officials from the RCIPS confirmed.
Anyone who has information or who has witnessed this robbery are asked to contact George Town CID at 949-4222 or to remain anonymous to call Crime Stoppers at 800-8477(TIPS).
There are just too many people being idle on the streets; Caymanians, Residents and work permit holders. Immigration needs to do a better job of vetting people that they give work permits to. Almost everyday I or someone I know is asked to give someone with a work permit “a days” work or to apply for a work permit and the employee will find a job and pay me or give me a free days work each week in exchange for applying for the permit. This needs to stop! Cayman is descending into chaos and soon to be anarchy because of these unsavory practices. Where is the Immigration on this? Far too many work permit holders don’t have jobs and are left to roam the street to engage in petty criminal acts such as the numbers games, selling themselves and fishing in the Marine Parks. It is bad enough when Natives engage in that type of behavior but it’s even worst when it is done by permit holders. Immigration need to do daily raids island wide for at least one month and we would be surprised by the results.
End of story. No more robbery for 2016.
I don’t think the professional expats working in the tourism, accounting or legal professions are responsible for the gun crime. Do not tar all expats with the same brush. The immigration issue needs to be addressed but the government has to draw a distinct between expats who are good for the economy and the island and those who are not.
Summer vacation coming to end and visiting Cayman time is up, time to head out wid sum ting inna mi pocket???? Remember they are here for us!
Police and immigration should play their part. Visitors/tourists don’t travel with empty pockets. Check how many have given false information about their place of abode, entered illegally and are being housed here. Get out, act on information and clean this island up.
Immigration has lost control of our borders, of who is here, and why. It is a fundamental part of the problem.
To all members of the Legislative Assembly. Your uselessness is catching up and the country is falling to complete doo-doo.
Locals rob and do not shoot. They are not vicious, that is why they threaten you with a gun, rob you and run away. Paper Caymanians rob and shoot. This is not a Mac problem but an island problem. Pay attention to our young people or we are going to have an island filled with young people with no skills or education to secure jobs.
The various born, repeat born, Caymanians in Northward for shooting each other dead in drug/gang related stuff makes nonsense of your “we locals are basically not vicious” claim. Perhaps you have not checked the Cause Lists and the reports in the local media for the last, oh, 30 years. Wake up, bobo.
We are ALL Paper Caymanians – the Island wasn’t inhabited 500+ years ago so yours (and mine) and/or yours (and mine) ancestors arrived on these shores (or were dragged here as slaves) .. so whichever Country you descended or came from, you have a duty to teach your Offspring the same morals as anybody else from whichever Country you/your ancestors came from….. Right is right and it is a problem that has developed amongst our citizens which we ALL have to feel responsible for ! You cannot pin this on a ‘Paper Caymanian’ because like it or not my friend – that is EXACTLY what YOU are… the same as me ….. and before you shout Ex-Pat ….. I am a Caymanian – Born over 36 years ago from East End.
At 36 it would be a miracle if either or both of your parents are not from somewhere else. Which is the case with most people that age. Cayman was on the edge since 1969, it began to fail in 1978 but could have been salvaged if government then had put their feet down and controlled immigration. Cayman became a lost cause in 2004 and only God can save us now from what is to come by sending us good leaders who will follow sage advice and put him first. If not dog gonna eat our suppa for sure.
Actually, 6.24 am , my oldest ‘Caymanian’ ancestor was an emancipated African Slave….but I take your point…
I see the empty headed dislikers and trollers are on the loose ..
No rhyme or reason or thought processes in play ..let’s just press the dislike or troll button for the sake of it …. probably friends of the robbers or just numbskulls….go on…break a leg !!!
Too late for that. Caymanian Thug culture is too strong to let itself die out. Many on this island have no desire to live a responsible life To them you and I are prey or in the way. Deal with it.
Thanks McBush
Mr. Eden, something that worries you ?
Thanks Mac!
Why thank Mac 3:05? Because he sent to Savannah some of these West Bay born criminals that are clogging up our courts?
No. The largesse of the Cabinet status grants resulted in a near immediate influx of unvetted persons from multiple jurisdictions, including places with extremely high rates of crime endemic in their societies. They did not have to clear any of the reasonable hurldles imposed by our laws as to the ability to sustain and maintain themselves, and background checks were non-existent. Large numbers of children came, some without even the ability to speak English. They were thrown into an already struggling education and social services system which collapsed under the pressure.
Whether the persons responsible for these crimes directly benefitted from UDP government policies and came to Cayman, or are “true born and home grown”, is not really relevant. All that is relevant is that arrogance destroyed the social and economic safety nets designed and intended to give hope and opportunity to disaffected youth whether imported or otherwise. Have you not noticed the timing of the disintegration of aspects of our society?
The Caymanian social fabric started unraveling (“declining”) in the late 70s early 80s when Jim Bodden unleashed the years of building boom, and massive cash flows into the country dazzled the populace and created a have and have not society. No preparation was made at that time for the impact of the huge changes brought about by that cash flow and the mass immigration that accompanied it.
I felt I and my property were safe until following Ivan. There were few if any problems in the 80’s and 90’s.
Your memory, 2:46, is very poor if you can’t remember before Ivan. How about the following 80s and 90s: The murder of the old man in the jewellery store in town? (Caymanian did time at Northward) The robbing of CNB at gunpoint? (our main Caymanian criminal for years is still in prison) The murders outside Fosters in town? (young Caymanians of Jamaican extraction) The murder of the young man (Seymour) who jogged a lot -body left in a dumpster (West Bayer still in prison)? The murder in East End (Blandford and Lendsel did time)? The old lady Ms Chi-Chi in West Bay (Philip in and out of prison)? The cutting of the throat of the tourist woman outside the old Holiday Inn (by a Bush from West Bay)? There are more but you get the picture, bobo?
I did not say we did not have problems. Only that personal safety and security were not an obvious concern to most people pre Ivan.
Personal safety and security were most certainly a concern to the poor victims in the cases mentioned in the post by 8:59. You said “there were few if any problems in the 80s and 90s”. Now you are trying to “walk back” that statement because a poster has very effectively rubbished the point you were making. You Caymanians really need to get over this idea that you bear no responsibility for the very many problems, including crime, in your community and that it’s all the fault of outsiders. It’s pathetic and Caymanians (especially the younger ones) with education and awareness of the social problems in their country know it’s pathetic. Caymanians are not miracle human beings without faults, they are like every other society; there are truly wonderful ones, truly nasty ones and the rest just average decent people.
There has been crime in Cayman since Blackbeard shot Israel Hands. It was rare but of considerable impact to its victims. It has however grown exponentially since the period of the cabinet status grants and those grants. And their economic and social impact, have had a role to play in both the increase of criminal activity and the decline of our society.
Why not thank PPM also, remember they submitted their list when the rush was on and by the way we have dark skinned grass root Caymanians too. I don;t recall the witnesses describing their accents.
??? You say thanks to Trump maybe. Just saying. I really hope you had the wrong story ??
Are all caymanians white ?
In their own minds, yes.
Jus like every John Crow.
Racist
Why are you blaming Mac, oh i see only darked skin people got status under him, oh and one more thing There are no dark skin Caymanians. Fool-fool
Sad.
Inevitable.